“One of the quickest ways to gain credibility with an individual, a group, or an audience is to borrow it from someone who already has credibility with them.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The company owner doesn't need to win. The best idea does.”
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John C. Maxwell
“When you like people and treat them like individuals who have value, you begin to develop influence with them. You develop trust.”
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John C. Maxwell
“If everyone doesn’t pay the price to win, then everyone will pay the price by losing.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Words are the currency of ideas and have the power to change the world.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Si usted sabe quién es, hace los cambios que debe para aprender y crecer, y luego da todo lo que tiene a sus sueños, puede lograr lo que su corazón desee.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you.”
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John C. Maxwell
“One of the ways Coach Wooden used to do that was to ask his players to acknowledge the skills and contributions of others. He told each player that if a teammate made a great pass or set a pick that allowed him to score, he should acknowledge the teammate on the way back down the court. One time a player asked, “Coach, if we do that, what if the teammate that made the assist isn’t looking?” Coach Wooden replied, “He will always be looking.” Coach knew that people look for and thrive on acknowledgment and appreciation.”
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John C. Maxwell
“How does a person become productive? Find your strength and then find someone who needs your strength.”
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John C. Maxwell
“In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Many people fail to make a difference because they are so busy.
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John C. Maxwell
“The way President Abraham Lincoln is said to have handled a person who had a know-it-all attitude. Lincoln asked, “How many legs will a sheep have if you call a tail a leg?”
“Five,” the man answered.
“No,” replied Lincoln, “he’ll still have four, because calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it one.”
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John C. Maxwell
“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”
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John C. Maxwell
